CVE-2017-14180

Apport 2.13 through 2.20.7 does not properly handle crashes originating from a PID namespace allowing local users to create certain files as root which an attacker could leverage to perform a denial of service via resource exhaustion or possibly gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14179.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:12

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/3171 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://launchpad.net/bugs/1726372 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14180 - Third Party Advisory () https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2017-14180 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1 - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3480-1 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2018-02-02 14:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:12


NVD link : CVE-2017-14180

Mitre link : CVE-2017-14180

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-14180


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

apport_project

  • apport
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption